Political Islam , Iran , and the Enlightenment : Philosophies of Hope and Despair
\ Ali Mirsepassi
Cambridge ; New York
: Cambridge University press
, 2011
vii, 230 p.
Index
Introduction: political Islam's romance with the 'West' -- 1. Intellectuals and the politics of despair -- 2. The crisis of the nativist imagination -- 3. Modernity beyond nativism and universalism -- 4. Heidegger and Iran: the dark side of being and belonging -- 5. Democracy and religion in the thought of John Dewey -- 6. Enlightenment and moral politics -- 7. Conclusion